Thinkfinity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?organs
This tool is to have the students go through and put organs in the right area and at the right angle in the body. Students cans use this to better visualize where in the body these parts go. I thought it was also interesting because students can choose male or female. So, they can choose their own gender to see what organs are like in the other gender. I also thought the visuals were very correct. The students could use this as a supplement during an anotomy lesson or as a study tool for a test or quiz on human anatomy.
SAS Curriculum Pathways
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=6
This tool is all about cell division and mitosis. It allows students to see a step by step view of a cell during each stage of mitosis. Each visual also has a description. Then, it lets students take a quiz by designing a cell at each stage of cell division. Cell division is a difficult topic to visualize in a way that students can understand. I could use this tool right after a lesson so that students could further their understanding and then check their understanding about mitosis before we start on learning meiosis.
These resources are so cool! If I had them when I was doing bio, I would have had a lot more fun. It's better than the whole -dissect a frog- lesson, because some students are very uncomfortable with that. The first one reminds me of the game, Operation. The second one is cool to - to design a cell. When I was in 8th grade, we were told to design a model of a cell. I used clear gelatin and layered it in a half-circle shaped clear tupperware. I used clay to make models of the cell part, and put them in the tupperware in layers so they were scattered throughout the whole thing. So, the project came out looking like a cell split in half. You should definitely do this kind of a project in your classroom, and make it a contest like my teacher did. It was so fun. :) Your internet resource links would help them visualize it!
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Great resources! I always find that being able to see the science before me, helped in grasping the concepts. Designing a cell is a lot more fun than labeling all the parts of a cell for a grade, like I did!
ReplyDeleteI agree! Having resources such as these makes science seem so exciting and interesting. I always struggled with science in school and I think it was because you either got it in class, or you just didn't get it. I feel that if there were additional resources that I could practice with inside the classroom or even at home, I would have connected better with the subject, probably would have done much better at it, and probably would have enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteamy good souce about designing a cell. hands on is the way to go and this was a good find!
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